Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 1222

Kyunroe Subjugation (14)

No sooner had Ermong finished speaking than the soldiers waiting on the mobile fortress’s deck moved.

Clank!!

Whirr, whirr, whirr!!!

The 7th Legion soldiers, having finished loading their weapons, turned their gun barrels towards the group from all directions.

Red dots, gleaming through scopes, rained down on the members standing on the deck in an instant.

Officers of the 7th Legion, drawing up their magical power, approached Ermong with grim expressions.

“Black magician. It seems you still don’t understand how things are going.”

Thud!!

The deck shook as a large man with the rank of lieutenant colonel slammed his foot down hard.

The lieutenant colonel, surrounded by surging magical power, glared at Ermong and growled.

“Currently, Pandemonium is officially part of the special operations unit incorporated into the legion’s command structure. Are you saying you’re going to defy the wartime orders now?”

“I don’t recall ever promising to follow the legion’s command, though?”

Ermong grinned, even as he felt the muzzle of a gun pressed against his temple.

The snake-like face that had taken over Zaun Odis’s body exuded a strange atmosphere.

“From the start, isn’t that why you needed us? When the situation becomes urgent, you wanted us to be thrown into dangerous places like this and create variables.”

“…You!!”

“Of course, it’s not like I didn’t know that when I joined the subjugation, and I don’t particularly think that idea is bad.”

Ermong tilted his head.

“But that doesn’t mean we have to sit still and move as the legion wants, does it?”

“You are here thanks to Lieutenant General Daymus’s consideration!!! If you don’t go to the battlefield like the other forces participating in the subjugation-”

“Ah, so.”

Whoosh!!

Ermong’s figure disappeared from in front of the lieutenant colonel’s eyes.

In an instant, Ermong, who had climbed onto the giant’s shoulder, grabbed the giant’s neck with both hands and said.

“Isn’t it because you needed an unpredictable variable in this battlefield that you called us?”

“Kuh-uhk…!!!”

Crack…!!

As black magic swirled in Ermong’s hands, the sound of the giant’s neck twisting echoed.

The lieutenant colonel, whose neck was grabbed in an instant, tried to resist, but black magic that defied the laws of physics activated on the spot.

The giant’s neck spun around and was pulled out on the spot.

Splat!!!!

A fountain of blood gushed from the headless neck, soaking the deck.

Ermong, licking the blood on his face, grinned and said.

“So, I’m saying I’ll move in a way the legion can’t predict, what’s wrong with that?”

“Fire!!!”

The 7th Legion soldiers did not hesitate long even after seeing the situation unfold before them.

As soon as the chief of staff’s order fell, the soldiers who had been aiming their guns pulled the triggers simultaneously.

Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat!!!!

Hundreds of bullets poured down at supersonic speed towards the members of Pandemonium standing on the deck.

Just before the bullets were about to embed themselves in Ermong’s grinning face, which was covered in blood, Lenok raised his hand.

Fweeeng…!!

An impossibly thin magic thread crossed the air at an incredible speed, piercing through the bullets.

After piercing and catching all the hundreds of bullets fired from all directions with magic threads, he flicked them away like a whip, changing their trajectory.

The shattered bullet fragments scattered like they were blooming in the sky.

Thud, thud, thud!!!!

“C-crazy…!!!”

“What kind of spell is this!!”

A bizarre situation where not a single bullet hit its target despite the triggers being pulled.

Whirr, whirr!!

Lenok’s magic threads simultaneously grabbed dozens of gun barrels and turned them around.

The soldiers, their gun barrels turned to face each other, pulled the triggers as if possessed.

Before they could even realize what was happening, the fired bullets burst through their comrades’ heads, scattering blood.

Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat!!!!!

“Kkyaaaak!!”

“S-stop firing!! Stop firing!!”

On the deck where friendly fire was rampant, soldiers screamed and fell.

Among the soldiers who hurriedly put down their guns and retreated, a doll rose and hugged a soldier.

Numerous blades popped out from inside the doll, piercing through the soldier’s internal organs and cutting off his breath.

Whirr, whirr, whirr!!

“Gerk…!!”

“Puhahahaha!!!”

Ermong burst into laughter and sprinted across the corpses strewn about with the doll.

He stepped on the corpses of the soldiers who had fallen on the deck, drawing up black magic, and swung it towards the surviving soldiers.

Thud, thud, thud, thud!!

In the black magic that scattered like a thick fog, a blood-red flash crossed the deck.

At the same time as a red line was drawn above the necks of the surviving soldiers, their heads and bodies separated and fell.

Splat!!

“Hmm.”

Sarin, looking at her blood-soaked hand, stuck out her tongue and licked it slightly.

She shook her hand as if she didn’t like it and muttered as she slowly turned around.

“Not good, it doesn’t taste good. I shouldn’t have touched it…”

Rat-tat-tat-tat!!!!

Even at this moment, soldiers on the deck were aiming their guns at each other and pulling the triggers.

The faces of those who were initiating friendly fire were filled with unconcealable pain and screams.

The mobile fortress of the 7th Legion. A bizarre sight where dozens and hundreds of superhumans and soldiers waiting on its deck were overwhelmed by a single spell.

In the center of the deck where bullets were flying, a sorcerer with his arms crossed was manipulating the entire situation.

Sarin, watching the red glow flickering beyond the obsidian mask, smiled and moved her feet.

“This might be okay too.”

“Kuh-uhk…!!”

Thud!!

Even the high-ranking officers who had resisted until the end fell, covered in blood.

The smell of blood spread thickly on the deck where the gunshots had subsided.

“T-the command will not leave you alone.”

The chief of staff who had spoken to Ermong first stammered, covered in blood.

“If you break the deal with Lieutenant General Daymus and betray the legion, you will surely pay the price-”

Crack!!

Ermong kicked the chief of staff’s head, breaking his neck, and stretched with a refreshed expression.

“Ah~ I’m finally feeling a bit better. I should have done this sooner.”

“…”

“How was it? Not bad for a hastily put-together operation, right?”

Ermong, who had approached Lenok, who was standing with his arms crossed, patted his shoulder with a friendly gesture.

“I felt it last time too, but we work better together than I thought-”

Whirr!

A magic thread that sprang from under his feet was tied to Ermong’s ankle.

As Lenok flicked his hand, Ermong fell over and slammed his head into the deck at an incredible speed.

Wham!!

“Kkeak…!!”

“Black magician. I don’t remember making any agreements with you.”

Lenok said coldly, looking down at Ermong, who was convulsing with his eyes rolled back.

“I only went along with it because I thought it was necessary. Don’t get the wrong idea.”

“Cough, cough…!! Hehehe… But Victor, you know it too.”

Ermong, who was coughing with his face buried in a puddle of blood, smiled and raised his gaze.

“Kyunroe’s power is much, much, much stronger than we thought. Even if we were assuming a war of attrition, it would have already far exceeded the level the legion command had assumed.”

“…”

“At the point where the legion’s damage has become abnormally large, the command will unconditionally try to throw us into more dangerous situations than we originally agreed upon. Wouldn’t it be better for us to move on our own rather than being used as they please?”

“I’ve never trusted you that much in this kind of situation.”

He had never really thought of Ermong as an ally, but he knew well what he was trying to say.

At this point, where half of the legion’s main forces were massacred at the start of the subjugation.

With the magic tower that had transformed its shape using mass manipulation having crashed the 3rd Command, the remaining power of the legion was less than half.

In this situation, if they were to focus on attacking the magic tower with high-ranking superhumans, it was inevitable that Pandemonium would be in a dangerous position.

Ermong was suggesting to Lenok that it would be better to take the lead in the situation rather than that.

“Hey, Victor. When we were happily killing the legion guys together, it’s not fair to say that now.”

Ermong grinned, dangling in the air with his ankle caught in the magic thread.

“The fact that you cooperated in this situation means you liked our plan better, didn’t you? Tell me the truth!!”

“Shut your mouth before I rip your neck off.”

“Kkyeeeek!!! Cancel, cancel!!”

Lenok, leaving behind Ermong who was screaming as black magic threads wrapped around his neck, fell into thought.

Certainly, at this point where the situation had changed from when Daymus had promised, there was no reason to follow the legion’s orders.

That was why Lenok had also cleaned up all the Dead Rise soldiers who were trying to move on their own.

It was true that the legion’s power was needed to reduce the power of the Avatar, but that didn’t mean they had to obey the legion’s orders.

Considering that, he thought it was worth taking a different path from the legion at this point, but-

“Actually, I thought it would take more time for those signs to appear, but it seems the legion command is more shaken than I thought.”

The doctor, who had approached, shaking off his blood-stained shirt, said in a relaxed voice.

“They might have thought that the consumption of friendly forces could be larger than expected, but they wouldn’t have planned for the 3rd Command to be neutralized at this point.”

“…”

“But I didn’t expect Kyunroe’s magic tower to be such an unrealistic object. I never imagined he would apply that spell to his own magic tower…”

Kugugugugu!!!!

A huge structure scattering dark blue light, disassembling and assembling hundreds of thousands of parts.

A huge golden fighter jet gracefully rotated vertically in the air, turning its fuselage and scattering powerful shockwaves.

The mere wind pressure crushed the tanks that were moving on the ground, and a terrible scene of blood and flesh splattering everywhere.

“It’s still changing its shape little by little even after crashing the command.”

Hairea muttered with a pale face.

“Is it trying to transform into a new form to massacre the rest of the legion?”

“No, it won’t have enough cost to change into new forms in succession.”

The doctor, looking up at the sky, answered quietly.

“The ability Kyunroe just used is the spell of the great ascendant called the War Proxy. It’s the power to directly manipulate and transform mass itself.”

“…”

“It’s one of the few ‘alternatives’ that were considered when I was in the Machine City, and one of the most sophisticated and difficult spells that existed in the Second World. No matter how monstrous a transcendent Kyunroe is, he shouldn’t be able to use such a spell without any warning.”

The doctor sharply looked up at the tower, which was rotating its golden wings that were tens of meters long.

“It requires enormous power to transform into a new form, and even if it doesn’t, there must be a sign before attempting a transformation. At least not now.”

“Doctor. It’s been a while since I’ve seen you so impressed by a spell…”

Chebien’s doll asked as if surprised.

“Is the mass manipulation spell that great of a power…?”

“The ability to directly manipulate matter with form in itself implies infinite possibilities. Countless people wanted to carry on Hermes’s will, but no one even understood the principle of the spell.”

The doctor said, unable to hide his admiration.

“To be able to apply that spell to a magic tower in such a crazy way and wield it, he’s truly amazing… In terms of pure spell aptitude, he’s definitely a talent that will go down in history.”

“…”

Pandemonium’s doctor, Atermeyer, was a researcher who designed the Ascension Gate in the Machine City of Machina. [The Machine City of Machina is a technologically advanced city from a previous era.]

As the person who directly designed the failed Ascension Gate that was connected to the traces of the Second World, he already knew about Hermes’s mass manipulation spell. [The Second World is a term referring to a previous, more advanced civilization.]

He knew how difficult and challenging the mass manipulation spell was, and how unrealistic it was to apply it to the entire magic tower.

But because of that, he also understood that even Kyunroe couldn’t manipulate that much mass in succession.

A miracle that manipulates the mass of tens of thousands of tons as a whole to transform its shape and create functions.

Even if he could replenish the enormous power consumed in the process, it was impossible to avoid a sign before using the spell.

The doctor judged that Kyunroe did not have the time or leeway to transform into a new form right now.

“Well, then, what should we do… Even if Baragan moved, we wouldn’t be able to face Kyunroe head-on. At best, we could only hold him back for a moment.”

The doctor stroked his chin, looking up at the golden aircraft gracefully rotating in the sky.

“Even if there are no signs of using the mass manipulation spell right now, his unique powerful lightning is still there, so it’s not easy to approach. We don’t know when the rampage that massacred half of the legion will start again.”

The doctor, lost in thought, muttered, then glanced at Lenok and smiled.

“After all, we have no choice but to borrow Victor’s abilities from now on. Is that okay?”

“I don’t mind.”

Lenok, who was looking at the sky with his arms crossed, replied.

“Since the legion command tried to use us, there’s no need to refuse to use the legion in return.”

“Hoo. Victor. Did you have a plan in mind?”

“If we don’t cooperate with the legion to fight Kyunroe, but use the legion’s power as a shield, it’s not like there’s no way.”

Lenok said, raising his gaze beyond the obsidian mask.

Looking at the shape of the magic tower rotating fiercely in the sky, Lenok sneered.

“If we were overwhelmed in an organized structure and a head-on firepower battle, isn’t it obvious that we should drag this battlefield into chaos?”

“That’s exactly what I was thinking.”

The doctor smiled.

“At the point where the command has collapsed, there is no chance of winning in a head-on confrontation. Rather, we should induce a chaotic battle to disperse Kyunroe’s attention in many directions to have even a slight chance of winning.”

“You’re not joining forces with the legion, but using the legion’s power to make the battlefield a mess.”

Ermong chuckled.

“I really like the idea of screwing over the friends gathered here. So, what do we do now?”

“Well. There are endless ways to cause chaos on a battlefield of this scale, but…”

The doctor raised his hand and smiled, pointing to the mobile fortress they were on.

“Let’s think about it after we get our hands on this mobile fortress?”

Whirr!

Eight superhumans walked side by side on the blood-soaked deck of the mobile fortress.

As soon as they smashed the barricade blocking the corridor inside the fortress, a barrage of bullets poured out from within.

Rat-tat-tat-tat!!!!

“Don’t come any closer!!”

“We can’t give up the control room. Hold the line!!”

“Hwaaaak!!”

The soldiers who remained inside the mobile fortress desperately resisted, but they couldn’t hold out even for a moment.

The members who quickly subdued the remaining soldiers and entered the control room turned their gaze.

The sight of instrument panels, levers, buttons, and control sticks densely packed on the wide control room walls and ceiling.

Ermong frowned as he looked at the tiny letters engraved on the instrument panel.

“Damn it, I can’t understand a single thing that’s written. Is this really written in a common language?”

“Ermong. There’s no way the legion would use a system simple enough for you to understand.”

“Hairea. Are you picking a fight with me right now?”

“I think I have a rough idea of how to operate it.”

While Ermong was getting angry at Hairea’s calm answer, the doctor stepped forward.

“Chebien. Can you lend me a few dolls that you’re not using right now?”

“My dolls are things that people who haven’t mastered the spell can’t use… They’ll be useless to you, Doctor…”

“I’m not going to use them myself. There are seats in the control room where operators need to be seated. All I need to do is place the dolls there.”

The doctor, with Chebien’s help, placed the dolls in various places in the control room and raised his hand.

“I’ve finished learning the specifications and operating principles of this mobile fortress through analysis of the operation system.”

Clank!!

The doctor, without hesitation, grabbed the lever and pushed it all the way up.

“I haven’t mastered the feel of the controls themselves, but there shouldn’t be any problem controlling the direction and speed. Shall we go right now?”

Whoooom!!!!

At that moment, the hull of the mobile fortress vibrated greatly and began to slowly tilt forward.

At the same time as the mobile fortress, which had no wheels, floated into the air, it floated for a moment.

The 7th Legion’s mobile fortress shot forward as if it had bounced out of its place at an incredible speed.

Kwaaaang!!!!

At the same time as the huge hull shot forward, the tanks and armored vehicles stationed nearby were crushed and smashed.

The mechanical soldiers of the mechanized corps, which were running wild after being swept by the EMP, collided with the hull and bounced off, scattering parts in all directions.

Kwa-gwa-gwa-gwang!!!

Every time the massive metal mass slid and accelerated on the ground, shockwaves and earthquakes erupted in succession.

The sight of the mobile fortress completely collapsing one side of the front line and breaking through the main forces of the legion alone.

As one corner of the front line where the mechanized corps and the legion were gathered collapsed, shouts and screams filled the communication network.

[The 7th Legion’s mobile fortress has left the formation!!]

[Maintain the front line!! Stay within the magic circle!!]

[Daymus. What is this right now!!]

[Kkyaaaaak!!!]

Ermong smiled as he looked back at the legion, which had fallen into chaos in an instant.

“Puhahaha!!! This is definitely much more fun. We should have done this sooner!”

[What the hell are these crazy bastards doing!!!]

Kiiiiiing!!!

The legion’s self-propelled guns, which belatedly recognized the situation, turned their barrels at once.

They aimed at the mobile fortress that was crushing the chaotic front line and rushing towards Kyunroe’s magic tower, which was glowing in the distance, and fired.

Thud, thud, thud, thud!!!

Just before dozens of shells were about to embed themselves in the hull at subsonic speed, Lenok, who had boarded the deck, moved.

“Not yet.”

Whoosh!!

At the same time as he pulled out the magic thread and wrapped it around the rotation speed of the shells, he changed their trajectory by adding more rotation like spinning a top.

He changed the trajectory so that they would not hit the hull of the mobile fortress directly.

The human head-sized shells that had changed their trajectory behind the mobile fortress passed by Ezekiel and the Iron Chain Dragon King standing on the deck.

Immediately after, they exploded behind the field hundreds of meters away, creating a dazzling pillar of fire.

Kwa-gwa-gwa-gwang!!!

Crack, crack…!!!

[This is Daymus.]

At that moment, Daymus’s voice echoed through the communication network, which was stuttering with noise.

[Pandemonium. What is going on right now?]

Whoosh!

Lenok, who grabbed the radio that had been abandoned on the deck with a magic thread, said.

“Daymus. You’re late.”

[…I’m in the process of recovering from the damage of the Primo Alert and reorganizing the command system. I was transferring command authority to the surviving staff officers.]

Daymus answered a little late.

[I’m moving the main forces to respond to Kyunroe’s magic tower, but there’s a mess in the rear. Did you guys hijack the mobile fortress?]

“While you were away, the command demanded that we directly attack the magic tower.”

Lenok replied.

“At the point where the command has been annihilated, there’s no need to follow your orders. We borrowed the mobile fortress under the premise that it’s better to move with our own judgment.”

[Your actions have collapsed the front line of the legion’s main forces in the rear. The Blaber Magic Tower and the Ability Awakening Corps have noticed the anomaly and are changing their positions.]

Daymus’s voice turned cold.

[If this continues, the front line will collapse and Kyunroe’s forces and our forces will be completely mixed up. Why are you trying to turn the legion into an enemy now?]

“You’re mistaken. I have no intention of violating the major premise of the subjugation we discussed.”

Lenok smiled.

“It’s just that it seems like we can’t attack the magic tower on our own. I’m just going to make the other forces crash into the tower first and then move.”

[Is that even something to say?]

“Don’t worry.”

Kwarururung!!!!

The massive hull of the mobile fortress rushed towards the formation where the legion’s forces were gathered.

The magic towers and the legion’s forces, scattered to avoid the mobile fortress that was trampling on friendly forces and tearing through the front line, naturally got closer to Kyunroe’s magic tower.

The golden aircraft, wrapped in dark blue lightning, violently vibrated its wings and turned towards the main forces of the legion that had narrowed the distance.

[Pandemonium. How dare you…!!!]

[No, it’s too late. Avoid it somehow!!!!]

[Lieutenant General Daymus was wrong. These guys can’t be controlled…!!!!]

[Kyunroe’s magic tower is approaching!!! Spell output cannot be measured!!]

[The front line is getting tangled…!!!!! Aaaaaaak!!!]

Thud, thud, thud, thud!!!!!

The main forces of the legion, which were forcibly brought closer to Kyunroe’s magic tower, and the Blaber Magic Tower’s Flame Shrine began to fight.

Tanks and mages were swept away from all directions along with dark blue lightning. Flame giants were howling and disappearing.

Lenok smiled as he heard the screams echoing roughly throughout the communication network.

“I’ve played the villain a lot. As promised, I’ll become a variable that no one can predict on this battlefield.”